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Serverboard Features
At the heart of the HPE Apollo kl20 server are single-socket serverboards based on the Intel
®
C612 chipset and designed to provide maximum performance. Four of these serverboards are
mounted in the server chassis.
Table 1-2
describes the major features of the serverboards.
For a
comprehensive description of the serverboard features, see the QuickSpecs at: www.hpe.com/
servers/apollo-kl20
Table 1-2
Serverboard Features
Feature
Description
Processors
Each serverboard supports a single processor from the following series:
– Intel
®
Xeon
®
Phi
™
72
xx
product family
Memory
Each of the four serverboards has 6 DIMM slots supporting LRDIMM or
RDIMM DDR4-2400/2133/1866 MHz registered ECC memory.
SATA drive
subsystem
A drive controller is integrated into each node-board’s C612 chipset to
provide a 6 Gb/s SATA3 subsystem. Up to three hard disk or SSD drives are
physically supported for each node board (12 drives total). The drive
subsystem supports RAID 0 and 1. The SATA drives are hot-swappable.
Note
: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the
hot-swap capability and RAID function of the drives.
PCI expansion
slots
For each node, the server has two PCIe
®
3.0 x16 low-profile slots available
for use with a riser card.
Onboard
controllers/ports
A serverboard can include the following:
– An Intel Gbit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet controller
or an optional Intel 10 Gbit/s Ethernet controller
– One 9-pin RS-232 port
– One COM port
– One VGA (monitor) port
– Two USB 2.0 ports (Additional USB headers on the node are internal.)
– One IPMI-dedicated LAN port
– Four RJ-45Ethernet LAN ports
Graphics
controller
Each serverboard features an integrated ASPEED
®
2400 BMC with an
integrated VGA/2D graphics controller.
Other features
Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage
monitors, a chassis intrusion header, auto-switching voltage regulators,
chassis and CPU overheat sensors, virus protection, node manager software,
and BIOS rescue.
